Your Parental Rights are Being Threatened in California. Important Town Hall Meeting Tomorrow. We Need You to Show Up!
However well-intentioned his efforts may be, Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) is pushing an anti-parental rights bill (SB-18) which would leave unrestrained and undefined power in the hands of the California government to determine what is in the best interests of your children. The only people who know what is best for children are their own […]
South Dakota Legislative Update – Religious Freedom, Sex Trafficking, Powdered Alcohol and Academic Freedom
Religious Freedom Bill SB 149 will provide certain protections to faith-based or religious child-placement agencies. Under SB149, no child placement agency may be required to provide any service that conflicts with or provide any service under circumstances that conflict with any sincerely-held religious belief or moral conviction of the child placement agency. Agencies around the […]
You Made the Difference! Casino Bill Dies in Committee.
Update Your voice made the difference! Thank you! We are cautiously optimistic that the effort to pass casino legislation in 2017 has failed. There are still fourteen days left in the legislative session, and you can be assured that CWA of Georgia will be keeping our eyes open for legislative maneuvering to move the casino […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Stopping the Horrible Assisted Suicide Trend
Six states have now legalized assisted suicide, and another 22 are currently considering legalization in their state legislatures. Assisted suicide supposedly increases patient choice, but we have seen the opposite. Patients who live in states where assisted suicide is legal are sometimes presented with no choice. Lethal medications cost insurance companies approximately $300, and […]
HB 186 Update. All Hands on Deck! Calls to North Carolina Representative Needed!
Update: HB 186 was not voted on yesterday. So, if you have not yet been able to take action, please do so today. HB 186 may come up for a vote as early as Monday. In yesterday’s e-alert, we wrote why we oppose HB 186 as the compromise for HB2. We stated that it will […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Dems for Gorsuch
Guess who voted to confirm Judge Gorsuch to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals back in 2006? Big name Democrats like, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton. And even some serving today like, Chuck Schumer, Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein, Richard Durbin, and Jack Reed. Actually, he was confirmed unanimously, by a […]
State Director Barbara Ferraro Submits Written Testimony to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means in Opposition to an Anti-Abortion and Anti Religious Freedom Bill
To: Senate Committee on Ways and Means Regarding: SB 501 SD 1 Statement submitted by: Barbara Ferrero, Concerned Women for America of Hawaii State Director Date submitted: February 22, 2017 As the State Director for Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Hawaii, I join with my members here in Hawaii in opposing SB 501 SD […]
URGENT: Ask Your Representative To Stand Firm on HB 2 by Opposing HB 186!
It has come to my attention that many of our North Carolina State Republican legislators locked arms with the Democrats and Gov. Cooper against the protection of women and children in our state. Nearing the end of the legislative short session, they are trying to sneak in a quick vote to overturn commonsense protection and […]
CWA of Missouri’s Easter Project-AD2017
CWA of Missouri has traditionally presented gifts to the members of the Missouri General Assembly to celebrate Easter and Constitution Day. This year for Easter we will be presenting the impressive coffee table hardback book Who Is This Jesus to each member of the Missouri General Assembly. Who Is This Jesus is an exquisitely illustrated story […]
A Special Thanks to Gov. Sam Brownback For His Consistent Pro-Life Stance
Recently Gov. Brownback wrote a letter to President Trump, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) asking them to take action now on pro-life laws. In it he stated that “[w]ith the new administration in Washington and both houses of Congress controlled by pro-life majorities, we must grasp […]
Conservative Women Laud President Trump’s Protection of Young Women’s Privacy
Washington, D.C. – Penny Nance, CEO & President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), had this to say in response to reports that President Trump has rescinded the Obama Administration directives forcing young women to shower and share private facilities with biological boys who feel they are girls: “While most of the media continues on […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Gorsuch on Hobby Lobby
Supreme Court Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch weighed in on the Hobby Lobby case as a member of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. He saw the case as a conflict between two laws — ObamaCare and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Gorsuch correctly decided Religious Freedom took precedence. Not because of personal preference, but […]
“Clothes Hanger” Abortions – The Worst Argument for Keeping Abortion Legal
One of the most often repeated talking points of the pro-choice left, and even your average apolitical American, is that abortion must be legal because, if illegal, women will need abortion so badly they will resort to clothes hangers to self-induce abortion. This argument is fundamentally flawed and makes a good deal of unfounded assumptions. […]
Urge Senators to Support Gorsuch
State Director’s opinion piece published on InForm. Check it out!
Capitol Hill Brief — Gorsuch and the Little Sisters of the Poor
Judge Neil Gorsuch has a proven track record of protecting one of Concerned Women for America’s core issues: Religious Freedom. For example, Judge Gorsuch defended the rights of the Little Sisters of the Poor, whose religious freedom was threatened under the Obama Administration’s Contraceptive Mandate. Gorsuch favored the nuns because, as he said, the […]
SB 501 SD 1 Update: Stop the attack on Hawaii Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Unfortunately, on February 16, SB 501 SD1 passed out of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor. It is now in the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, where there will be a public hearing TOMORROW at 9:35 a.m. in room 21. Take Action: It is crucial that TODAY, or first thing tomorrow morning (before […]
Sen. Marty Harbin Files Religious Freedom Bill
Resource Page for Georgia’s Religious Freedom Legislation Religious Freedom Alert! Sen. Marty Harbin (R-Tyrone) filed Senate Bill 233, a state-level religious freedom bill that mirrors the 1993 Federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. CWA of Georgia supported a similar bill in 2015. SB 233 provides religious liberty protections […]
The Baby Part Business: The Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives Final Report
Concerned Women for America (CWA) has covered the undercover investigation and subsequent congressional investigation into the “fetal tissue procurement” of Planned Parenthood under the guise of “donating tissue” for medical research. To dispense with the flowery language — strong evidence suggests that Planned Parenthood sold baby parts for profit. At CWA, we summarized the original […]
Outstanding South Dakota Bills that Need Your Support Concerning Religious Freedom, Education, Abortion and Sex Trafficking
SB 149 would provide certain protections to faith-based or religious child-placement agencies. Under SB 149, no child placement agency may be required to provide any service that conflicts with or provide any service under circumstances that conflict with any sincerely-held religious belief or moral conviction of the child placement agency. Agencies around the country have […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Honoring Scalia
We just observed the one-year anniversary of the passing Justice Antonin Scalia. As we consider the nomination of his replacement, Judge Neil Gorsuch, it’s incredibly comforting to hear of his admiration for the great constitutionalist that Scalia truly was. One of the most moving aspects of this nomination announcement was the recognition of the […]